Train Videos and DVD's from Transit Gloria Mundi (24)
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One Mans Trolleys George Krambles Reflects on a Half Century of Electric Railroading DVD Transit Gloria Mundi 4.5 of 5 (2)His remarkable narrative is a personal excursion through the heritage of electric railroading, from the twilight of the Indiana Railroad through today's Chicago Transit Authority and beyond. This video begins with Kramble's at the Illinois Railroad ...more info
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Don Olsens Pacific Electric Trilogy 3 DVD Set Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (1)Get the complete 3 DVD volume in one set at a reduced price! This set contains: Volume 1 - The Southern District Step back into a railfan's paradise - Los Angeles in the 1940's, where the world's largest interurban was scheduling ...more info
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Everett White in the West Transit Gloria Mundi 4 of 5 (1)Everett White was a prolific documentarian of the rails. In about 1940, he began traveling America and the world, capturing in still and moving pictures all manner of railroads, with an especially keen eye for electric lines. Transit Gloria Mundi is ...more info
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Carvey Davis Baltimore Streetcar Films Transit Gloria Mundi 4 of 5 (1)Carvey Davis's Baltimore Streetcar Films is a selection of this talented photographer's 16mm footage taken during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The program is arranged geographically, covering most of the major routes in operation during this period from ...more info
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Mines Mills and Metro The Belgian Vicinal Transit Gloria Mundi 4.5 of 5 (2)Mines, Mills, and Metro: The Belgian Vicinal shows highlights of the extensive network of country trolley and light metro routes once operated by the Belgian Vicinal in the vicinity of Charleroi. This system was popular among American trolley fans because of ...more info
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Tramways of South America Transit Gloria Mundi 4 of 5 (1)Tramways of South America is a comprehensive look at the continent's highly varied tramways, showing big-city systems and rambling country trolleys, suburban commuting and interurbans. Car types range from tiny single-truckers (closed and open, even ...more info
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Philadelphia Brill Bullet DVD Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (1)In 1931, the Philadelphia and Western rebuilt their track for high-speed operation and took delivery of ten lightweight streamlined cars from the J. G. Brill Co. Quickly nicknamed Bullets, five of these legendary cars were still in service when we shot them ...more info
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Raleigh D Adamos Washington Streetcar Films Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (2)Pristine PCCs gliding gracefully with trolley poles down past the White House, ducking under Dupont Circle, cruising through the tree-lined streets of Georgetown - the streamliners of the world's last conduit-powered streetcar system were as much a part of ...more info
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Baltimore Light Rail - DVD Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 2 of 5 (1)Baltimore Light Rail is a lighthearted look at the first phase of Baltimore's new light rail line. The downtown segment is street running, while the bulk of the line to the North uses the right-of-way of the former Northern Central, a Pennsylvania Railroad ...more info
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Light Rail Panorama - DVD Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria MundiLight Rail Panorama is an in-depth look at the new light rail systems in Calgary, Portland, and Sacramento. It follows each line in each system end-to-end showing samples of every type of right-of-way encountered, and all other major points of interest. ...more info
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Take a Ride on the North Shore Line - DVD Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 4.3 of 5 (4)Interurban Legends From the hustle of Chicago's Loop, along the shores of Lake Michigan to the streets of Milwaukee, The North Shore Line was a legend - for many, the very definition of the interurban railroad in America. Widely acclaimed as America's ...more info
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Steel City Traction 3 - The North Side on DVD by Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (2)Pittsburgh's North Side was home to some of the Steel City's most-loved trolley lines. Route 21 Fineview had some of the steepest grades, tightest turns, and most spectacular views in the entire city. The West View loop (Routes 10 West View and 15 Bellevue) ...more info
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Steel City Traction 2 - West End Story on DVD by Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (1)Pittsburgh - a legend among American cities and once home to one of the world's greatest streetcar systems - rises from the point where two great rivers, the Monongahela and the Allegheny, join to form the mighty Ohio. The rugged hills and huge rivers give ...more info
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Steel City Traction - The South Side Lines on DVD by Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (1)Steel City Traction: The South Side Lines tells the story of the lines that operated southward from downtown Pittsburgh, including routes 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 44, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 53, the interurbans to Washington and Charleroi, five of the ...more info
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Atlantic City Trolley Days on DVD by Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (1)For generations of Americans, Atlantic City is more than a place---it is a moment in time. The summers on the beach, the strolls along the Boardwalk and, of course, the trolleys. From Ocean City to the Steel Pier and back again, the trolleys that circled ...more info
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Ed Millers Anthracite Traction on DVD by Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 4 of 5 (1)Two medium-size city streetcar systems and the high-speed interurban which connected them are the subject of Ed Miller's superb motion picture camerawork. He began shooting just after World War II, and continued through the end of service, including scenes ...more info
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Transit Archives Series - Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria MundiOver the years, various transit properties have produced films for public relations or employee training. They show fascinating aspects of transit operations, both behind the scenes and on the streets, interspersed with often painfully amateurish staged ...more info
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Pacific Electric Vol 3 - Northern District - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions Transit Gloria Mundi 4 of 5 (2)Justifiably revered as the world"s greatest interurban, the Pacific Electric"s vast empire has required three video volumes to cover it in detail. Volume Three features the Northern District, plus Special New Year"s Day trains and RPO/ Box ...more info
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Pacific Electric Vol 2 - Western District - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (1)PE considered its Western District a "suburban" service. Although the Burbank, Valley and Venice Short Lines were certainly interurban in character, their equipment generally was not. Thus this Volume of the Western District focuses on 600 (5050) ...more info
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Pacific Electric Vol 1 - Southern District - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (2)Step back into a railfan's paradise - Los Angeles in the 1940's, where the world's largest interurban was scheduling 1,100 passenger trains a day. From thousands of Pacific Electric Logofeet of vintage film, producer-archivist Don Olsen has assembled an ...more info
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Sacramento Northern - Transit Gloria Mundi - Catenary Video Productions Transit Gloria Mundi 4.2 of 5 (5)Sacramento Northern - Catch the interurban Experience in Action In 1940, long after most interurbans had degenerated into poorly maintained shadows of the pre-WWI prime, the Sacramento Northern was operating trains of heavy wooden arch-window cars looking ...more info
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Trolley: The Cars That Built Our City - Transit Gloria Mundi Transit Gloria Mundi 4.5 of 5 (4)TROLLEY: The Cars That Built Our Cities is our most popular video. It brings to life the history of the streetcar and its influence on urban life. With a fast-paced mixture of rare and unusual footage from the 1890s through the 1990s, it shows urban rail ...more info
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Steel and Ice The Trolley Days of Winter Transit Gloria Mundi 5 of 5 (1)It's magic! Against snowy scenes of the city in winter, streetcars festooned with icicles emerge from the driving flakes. The sweepers come, whisking the snow in billowy clouds of crystal white. The cars seem to float past on tracks that are all but ...more info
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Ropes and Rails: San Franciscos Cable Cars Transit Gloria Mundi 3 of 5 (1)Ropes and Railstells the story of the San Francisco cable cars in a way that is interesting to general audiences as well as enthusiasts. The history of the cable car is shown briefly using diagrams, maps, and historic stills and film ...more info
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